Governance

Management

Michael J. McMullen

President & Chief Executive Officer

Michael J. (Mick) McMullen was elected to the Board of Directors on May 2, 2013 and appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Stillwater Mining Company on December 3, 2013. Previously, Mr. McMullen served in a variety of senior executive and directorship positions, most recently as a Principal at MRI Advisory AG, a private company focusing on development of metal and minerals projects in the Americas, Europe and Africa. In 2007, he became Executive Chairman of Lachlan Star Limited, a post he held until January 2014. Lachlan Star Limited announced the appointment of voluntary insolvency administrators in February 2015. He is currently the Executive Chairman of Nevada Iron. Over the course of his 23-year career, Mr. McMullen has been responsible for development of several large open pit and underground mines in Australia, Europe and Latin America. He has had detailed involvement in all aspects of the mining business, including exploration, permitting, mine development, financing, operations, product sales, and asset acquisition and divestments, as well as the debt and equity markets. He has managed multiple operations across several jurisdictions, working with large work forces and unions in culturally diverse and environmentally sensitive areas. His experience covers a range of commodities including copper, gold, iron ore and PGMs.

Mr. McMullen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from Newcastle University in New South Wales, and pursued graduate studies in Mineral Economics at Western Australian School of Mines.

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Michael J. McMullen

President & Chief Executive Officer

Christopher M. Bateman

Chief Financial Officer

Chris Bateman was appointed Chief Financial Officer, effective December 1, 2014. Mr. Bateman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Turquoise Hill Resources, from 2012 to 2014. Prior to his appointment at Turquoise Hill Resources, he was Chief Financial and Business Development Officer of Rio Tinto Diamonds and Minerals from 2010 to 2012. From 2006 to 2009, Mr. Bateman served as Chief Financial Officer of Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. From 2003 to 2006, he held commercial and operational roles at Rio Tinto's Kennecott Utah Copper operations. Mr. Bateman also held the positions of Financial Planning and Analysis Director and Information Technology Director at Kaiser Aluminum. In addition, he spent eight years at Arthur Andersen's business consulting practice. Mr. Bateman qualified as a Chartered Accountant in England and Wales in 1992 and earned an Engineering degree in Production Engineering and Production Management from the University of Nottingham in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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Christopher M. Bateman

Chief Financial Officer

Brent R. Wadman

Vice President, Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary

Brent Wadman is the Vice President of Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Stillwater Mining Company. He joined Stillwater in November 2010. Prior to joining the Company, he served as Senior Counsel at Combat Support Associates, a U.S. defense contractor in Kuwait City, Kuwait, and Deputy General Counsel at infoGroup Inc., a publicly traded, direct marketing company. Mr. Wadman has more than 15 years of broad legal experience. He currently supervises SEC compliance, international transactions, and corporate governance functions. Earlier in his career he worked as a trial attorney. Mr. Wadman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa.

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Brent R. Wadman

Vice President, Legal Affairs & Corporate Secretary

Kristen K. Koss

Vice President, Human Resources & Safety

Kristen K. Koss was appointed Vice President, Safety & Health and Human Resources, effective August of 2010. In January of 2008, Ms. Koss was promoted to the position of Corporate Safety Director. Since joining the Company in 1995, Ms. Koss has managed the Human Resources Departments at both mine sites, in addition to establishing a Central Recruiting function in Columbus to meet the hiring needs of the organization. Ms. Koss has over 25 years of experience in Human Resources and Benefits. During her career she has served on numerous committees, including the Montana Hard Rock Mining Impact Board and the National Mining Association Safety and Health Committee. Prior to joining Stillwater, Ms. Koss held various positions in Human Resources at Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corporation and Interstate Warehousing.

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Kristen K. Koss

Vice President, Human Resources & Safety

Dee L. Bray

Vice President, Mine Operations

Dee L. Bray was appointed Vice President of Mine Operations effective March 2015. Mr. Bray joined Stillwater Mining Company in 1994. While working at each of the Company's Montana Mines, (Stillwater Mine, 12 years and East Boulder Mine, 6 years) he gained experience in engineering, operations, maintenance and safety. He held various engineering and operations positions of increasing responsibility, including Production General Foreman, Safety Manager, Maintenance Superintendent, Production Superintendent and Mine Manager. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bray served as the Manager of Operations, Montana Mines since 2013. Prior to joining Stillwater, Mr. Bray held engineering and operational roles, at two underground mines, with Consolidation Coal Company from 1988 to 1994.

Mr. Bray earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mining Engineering from the Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology. He has been a Certified Mine Safety Professional since 2009.

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Dee L. Bray

Vice President, Mine Operations

Rhonda L. Ihde

Corporate Controller

Rhonda L. Ihde has been with the Company since August 2005 and was appointed the Corporate Controller in January 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Ihde was employed by the Billings, Montana, office of KPMG LLP. Ms. Ihde holds both a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Montana. Ms. Ihde is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Montana and also holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation. Ms. Ihde is a member of the Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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Rhonda L. Ihde

Corporate Controller

Gregory K. Roset

Vice President & General Manager, Smelting & Recycling Operations

Gregory K. Roset was appointed Vice President, Smelting and Recycling Operations, effective August of 2010. He has been the General Manager of Smelting since 2001. Mr. Roset joined the Company in 1988 as Concentrator Metallurgical Engineer at the Stillwater Mine, prior to being assigned to the smelter design, permitting and commissioning team in 1989. He has held various technical and managerial positions of increasing responsibility in the smelting operations since 1990. Prior to joining Stillwater, Mr. Roset held various metallurgical and supervisory positions with ASARCO and Kennecott from 1982 to 1988. Mr. Roset is the past Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Center for Advanced Metals and Minerals Processing at Montana Tech in Butte, Montana. He held this position for approximately 10 years until his term of service ended in 2013. Mr. Roset received both Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from the Montana College of Mineral Science & Technology.

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Gregory K. Roset

Vice President & General Manager, Smelting & Recycling Operations

Dave A. Shuck

Vice President & General Manager, Refining & Analytical Laboratory

Dave A. Shuck was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Refining and Analytical Laboratory, effective August of 2010. Mr. Shuck joined the Company in August of 2001 as Senior Metallurgist and, in September of 2006, was promoted to Manager of the Base Metals Refinery. Mr. Shuck held increasing roles of responsibility with Homestake Mining Company for over 15 years, starting as a process metallurgist at their McLaughlin property in 1985. Mr. Shuck received a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.